The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.
GOD'S LOVE REDEEMS - In the beginning was an idyllic garden — till Eve listened to the beguiling serpent and invited Adam to join her in eating the fruit that God had forbidden. Because they disobeyed God, the couple was expelled from the Garden of Eden and made to face the harsh, uncertain world. Surely, they thought, they could cope, especially with the help of their sons, Cain and Abel.
Unfortunately, the brothers’ story is about the first fratricide — the killing of one’s sibling. Angered over the presumed preference of his parents and of God for his younger brother, Cain murdered Abel. He would not be the last to murder over jealousy and hate. Today, we can discern the marks of that fratricide all around us in the divisions that can kill.
We know, at a visceral level, that this reality is not just something going on “out there.” It is happening here at home ...
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